I used to print a lot. I have enough tote bags. I found more stuff for my box of once-loved tools. It felt so good throwing away all the papers having to do with that one thing. If spiders had to crawl into one box and die, I can forgive them for choosing that other…
Similar:Renata, Carolyn and Alex in a scene from this weekend's Pippin.CultureMerry Christmas 2017 PersonalHamlet. #tobePersonalA Christmas Carol — new audio adaptationBooks#AugustWilson #CenturyCycle Three week intensive course (whew!) All the students did very …PersonalAdvising incoming majors.Academia
Similar:Video Game about Cancer and GriefOn my list for the next time I teach “Vi…AestheticsOutsiders. Four sold out matinees this coming week. — Prime StageFour sold out matinees this coming week….BooksBabylon 5 redefined TV science fiction, so why isn’t it better known?The article doesn’t actually answer the …Culture4 writing lessons from the comedy of Joan…
Similar:Technology's Impact on Education Technology’s Impact on Education | V…AcademiaCredible case that a lost Shakespeare sonnet has been identified A dedication in the script of a 1603 B…AcademiaWhat is Technical Writing?I noticed an uptick in traffic to an old…AestheticsHappy Flag Day! All flags matter, but nobody needs to say that out loud.Happy Flag Day! All…
Similar:You can be a Trek fan without loving TOS. But if we think tolerance and empathy are good t…I was born in 1968 and grew up with reru…CultureOn Her One Free Day Between Two Shows…[View the story “On Her One Free Day Bet…DesignEnjoying some sibling nerdtime with Lego The Hobbit.GamesWhat kids do when Dad won't…
While cleaning out my desk at home I added to the big box of “tools I used to use all the time and now hang onto them for sentimental reasons.” The brass lantern is a memento I keep in my office, not a tool I used to use all the time; nevertheless, I thought it…
During a February press conference in London, where Murray was promoting “The Monuments Men,” he said: “I thought, ‘Well there’s a girl who doesn’t have a whole lot of prospects, but the sun’s coming up anyway and she’s got another chance at it.’ So I think that gave me some sort of feeling that I too am…
Similar:What about Socialization?Sometimes, I worry that by homeschooling…Current_EventsMore delightful #steampunk control panels. These are computationally efficient bitmap rect…PersonalLighting makes a difference. The officers' pub from the interplanetary cruiser #steampunk … AestheticsTerm grades submitted. Homeschool son graduated. Time to breathe.AcademiaIf Wishes Were Horses (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 16) Hallucinations become…Rewatching ST:DS9 Quark tries to…
The paucity of reporters has triggered an invisible power shift toward elected officials. A Pew Research Center study of Baltimore showed an increase in local stories based on press releases from elected officials. The trends in journalism exacerbate the divide between the coasts and the rest of the country. In 2014, almost 1 out of 5 U.S. reporters…
Similar:When you hear your daughter the understudy is going on for a sold-out show. Live theater i… CultureWe are all of us works in progress. Sometimes progress looks messy.PersonalYork Plays 2025: Five cameras, adding up to ~100 hours of footage.Five cameras, adding up to ~100 hours of…AcademiaCarnegie Science Center: Roboworld (and a bit of SportsWorks)Here’s…
“I bought a Kindle. I didn’t immediately go home and burn all my other books. I didn’t stop buying paper books. I read both and no one came knocking at my door. It’s a boring story, I know. I’m thinking of adding in a talking pig and a plot to destroy Lady Elaine from Mr.…
Similar:The boy tied for second place in Saturday's Monroeville Chess Club tournament.Peter was the lowest-ranked player to en…GamesDetails for a modular mid-range scoutship, from the #steampunk #neovictorian bedtime stori…Details for a modular mid-range scoutshi…AestheticsHandshakes Really Do MatterMonday night handshake/eye contact pract…CultureShall we dance? The girl tries on her ball gown for The King and I.…
Jane Eyre is not a two-person show, and the smallish cast must take on double duty at least, filling a wide variety of roles in this production. Besides the previously mentioned [Paige] Borak, multipurpose players Jill Keating and Carolyn Jerz must be singled out- Keating takes on three different variations of the “matronly, unpleasant Victorian lady”…
Similar:Beam me up, Chewie!AwesomeApparently I’m using boolean modifiers to carve out negative-space greebles for a texture …AestheticsThe girl's modern dance choreography workshopAestheticsThere, in my morning snapshot of the kids home-schooling in the kitchen, is the cable I sh…EducationEverything is beautiful at the ballet.DanceCome see Carolyn as “The Girl” in The Fantasticks, Oct 18-27. Culture
Similar:Nipper Hears "His Master's Voice"As a kid growing up in Fairfax County, j…BusinessFacebook Fallen Angel « AwkwardFamilyPhotos.c…AmusingWhere Silence Has Lease (TNG Rewatch: Season 2, Episode 2)Rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generatio…CultureThe girl is the Dew Drop Fairy in @laurelballetperformingco The Nutcracker Saturday evenin…PersonalThe daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this…
Rereading “Writing to Learn,” William Zinsser’s 1988 book about helping students overcome the fear of writing. That’s how I remember the book, but it’s also about hacking the act of teaching so that we don’t inadvertently convey the notion that students who make mistakes during the writing are doing something wrong. I spend a lot…
Just in case someone out there could use it, here’s a powerful comic that emphasizes the power of sympathy (written by J. Michael Straczynski, creator of my second favorite TV show). No sunshine and rainbows, no victim-blaming, no finger-pointing — just humane compassion. (Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.) Superman on…
Students have already done a 400-word speech, a 400-word manuscript, and a 400-word typescript. I asked them to make multiple copies of their books. They wrote, cut, pasted, photocopied, folded, and bound. Our classroom today smelled cheerfully of glue. Up next: A “Futuretext” (whatever that means). Similar:The Decline and Fall of the English MajorThis essay…
Similar:Arsenal of Freedom (TNG Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 21)With an A-plot that comments on the Cold…CultureThe girl is the Dew Drop Fairy in @laurelballetperformingco The Nutcracker Saturday evenin…PersonalStage Right's "The Secret Garden": Performing with My Talented Daughter This weekend has been magical. Frida…CultureCome see Carolyn and her talented castmates in The Fantasticks (Theatre Factory, Trafford…
I made three movies with John Hughes; when they were released, they made enough of a cultural impact to land me on the cover of Time magazine and to get Hughes hailed as a genius. His critical reputation has only grown since he died, in 2009, at the age of fifty-nine. Hughes’s films play constantly on television and are even taught in schools. There is still so much that I love in them, but lately I have felt the need to examine the role that these movies have played in our cultural life: where they came from, and what they might mean now. When my daughter proposed watching “The Breakfast Club” together, I had hesitated, not knowing how she would react: if she would understand the film or if she would even like it. I worried that she would find aspects of it troubling, but I hadn’t anticipated that it would ultimately be most troubling to me. -Molly Ringwald, New Yorker